ReviewDie Naturwissenschaften2004
Forensic entomology.
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- Best practice in forensic entomology--standards and guidelines.International journal of legal medicine · 2007Guideline
- Geographical distribution and seasonality of insect species and gut microbiota of fly larvae from 65 real cases in China.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Unscented and scented LDPE trash bags do not alter blow fly attraction to vertebrate remains.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- The impact of body refrigeration on decomposition and postmortem interval estimation.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Cold storage effects on immature calliphoridae: Survival limits and forensic consequences for PMI estimation.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Effects of elevation, season and bait type on assemblage of forensically relevant blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in contrasting habitats of northwestern Arizona.Medical and veterinary entomology · 2026Article
- Physicochemical characterization of necrophagous insect exuviae and their potential for forensic application.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Recovery of male DNA acquired from carrion-feeding insects in a simulated sexual assault scenario.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Estimating Post-Feeding Developmental Time ofInsects · 2026Article
- A VOC-centric web of biological interaction on corpse: Consideration for forensic PMI estimation.iScience · 2026Review
- The human metabolome and machine learning improves predictions of the post-mortem interval.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Factors influencing the progression of post-mortem changes between scene and autopsy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Silent witnesses: basidiomycota as forensic biomarkers in human decomposition.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Bone marrow cytology as an adjunct tool for post-mortem interval estimation.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- A Preliminary Study on Species Identification of Immature Necrophagous Phorid Flies Based on FTIR Spectroscopy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Population genetic structure of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) of the Egyptian fauna.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Ecological Preferences of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in the Region Calabria (Southern Italy).Insects · 2025Article
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of Sarcophaga princeps Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).Scientific data · 2025Article
- Effect of trimethoprim on Calliphora stygia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae growth and detection via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.Journal of medical entomology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Necrophagous insects are important in the decomposition of cadavers. The close association between insects and corpses and the use of insects in medicocriminal investigations is the subject of forensic entomology. The present paper reviews the historical background of this discipline, important postmortem processes, and discusses the scientific basis underlying attempts to determine the time interval since death. Using medical techniques, such as the measurement of body temperature or analysing livor and rigor mortis, time since death can only be accurately measured for the first two or three days after death. In contrast, by calculating the age of immature insect stages feeding on a corpse and analysing the necrophagous species present, postmortem intervals from the first day to several weeks can be estimated. These entomological methods may be hampered by difficulties associated with species identification, but modern DNA techniques are contributing to the rapid and authoritative identification of necrophagous insects. Other uses of entomological data include the toxicological examination of necrophagous larvae from a corpse to identify and estimate drugs and toxicants ingested by the person when alive and the proof of possible postmortem manipulations. Forensic entomology may even help in investigations dealing with people who are alive but in need of care, by revealing information about cases of neglect.
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